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    French Iron Axe Head, 17th century

    Object/Artifact
    Two views of an iron axe head typical of the trade goods exchanged between the French and Indians in the seventeenth century, collected by members of the Lincoln family in the Dennys River area, Dennysville, Maine.

    Benjamin Lincoln Collection at Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, Harvard University

    Historical Citation

    This item is part of the Benjamin Lincoln Collection at Harvard University's Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology. The Lincoln family of Dennysville, Maine donated the artifacts that had been found in the Dennys River area in the 19th century.

    French iron axe head, 17th century, side view; Image by Colin J Windhorst from the collection of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 22-51-10/A5467.
    French iron axe head, 17th century, top view; Image by Colin J Windhorst from the collection of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 22-51-10/A5467.